Over 90 million COVID-19 vaccines are making their way to Canada, federal records show. “Under Canada’s advance purchase agreements there are currently 90.8 million remaining doses to be delivered in 2023 and 2024,” said a Department of Public Works report to the Commons public accounts committee (PACP), as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. Prices were…

The federal government will implement a national campaign next week encouraging Canadians to receive booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, says Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. “It’s like a phone battery … you recharge your phone battery by plugging into electricity, you recharge your vaccination protection by taking action and getting [a booster],” Duclos said of the initiative dubbed…

Jason Falbo said he has made the difficult decision to withdraw from his doctorate program at Western University after nearly seven years of study after the university announced a COVID-19 vaccine policy that mandates three shots for all staff and students. On Aug. 22, the London, Ontario, university released its latest COVID-19 vaccine policy, requiring…

Hundreds of students marched across the campus of Western University on Aug. 27 in protest against its COVID-19 vaccine policy that makes it the only university in Canada to mandate three shots for all staff and students. Students leading the march were seen carrying a banner reading “Enough Is Enough” while chanting those words. The…

Certain groups of people are likely to benefit from the fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna President Stephen Hoge said on Monday. The elderly and the immunocompromised are recommended to receive a fourth shot of the vaccine, he said. “For those who are immune-compromised, those who are older adults, over the age of 50…

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) have approved booster shots for teens aged 16 and above, effective Feb. 3. Teenagers will be receiving the same dosage as adults and the recommended booster interval period is also three months after the primary doses. Health Minister Greg Hunt welcomed the news saying it was good…

The European Union’s drug regulator expressed doubts about whether a second booster dose of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines would be a sustainable long-term approach. Marco Cavaleri, the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) head of vaccines strategy, told a media briefing, “There is an emergency discussion around the possibility of giving a second booster dose with the same vaccine currently in use. Data has…

The fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is now available for long-term care residents and other senior citizens, the Ontario government said on Thursday. Ontarians living in congregated settings like long-term care homes and retirement homes can get the fourth dose of the mRNA vaccine if three months have passed since they received their third…

Australians might need to get three COVID-19 jabs to be considered fully vaccinated under a proposed new public health order. Prime Minister Scott Morrison will on Wednesday meet with premiers and chief ministers for what he has described as an “informal” meeting of the national cabinet to discuss rising COVID-19 Omicron cases. The announcement came…

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham went beyond endorsing a COVID-19 vaccine booster for all adults, saying she believes being fully vaccinated now means a person should have three shots. At a a virtual pandemic briefing, she said the definition of “fully vaccinated” changing to three shots would reflect concerns that COVID-19 vaccines start losing…